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(2015) Challenging the phenomena of technology, Dordrecht, Springer.
I negotiated with the Falcon when it exhibited its own preferences for speed, for direction. It required work to anticipate its likely reaction to my wishes. If I wanted to go faster I could not just depress the accelerator, because it would likely react by stalling. Instead, I needed to slowly add pressure to the gas pedal, letting up when it felt resistant and listening for a shifting of gears … The Falcon stalled in the rain, and as it grew older, it stalled on any damp, low-pressure day, teaching me to become, like the pilot of a small plane, attuned to the meteorology of frontal systems. (157)
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Hayler, M. (2015). Conclusion, in Challenging the phenomena of technology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 230-234.
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